Ripeti con me!
Italian audio course program
Ripeti con me! is the only Italian audio course that prompts you to speak all the time.
This huge collection of Italian audio lessons will help you improve your speaking and listening skills. Each lesson comes with audio, transcript, and grammar notes.
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3. Un bambino, una bambina
A boy, a girl
Maschile e femminile
Masculine and feminine forms of nouns and adjectives
4. Un gelato, due gelati
One ice cream, two ice creams
Singolare e plurale
Singular and plural forms of nouns and adjectives
5. La vita è bella
Life is beautiful
Articoli determinativi
Definite articles (like “the”)
6. Ho un’idea!
I’ve got an idea!
Articoli indeterminativi
Indefinite articles (like “a,an”)
7. Dove lavori?
Where do you work?
Presente regolare
Regular verbs: I work, you work…
8. Dove vai?
Where are you going?
Presente irregolare: andare, venire, dire, dare, sapere…
Irregular verbs: to go, to come, to say…
10. Studi ancora francese?
Do you still study French?
Domande e risposte
Turning statements into questions
14. Giochi con noi?
Would you like to play with us?
Con
How to say “with”
15. Che ore sono?
What’s the time?
Che ore sono? A che ora…?
Telling time
17. Perché non dormi?
Why aren’t you sleeping?
Perché? Perché…, Per…
Why, because, for (because of)
18. Vado a trovare i nonni
I’m going to visit my grandparents
Andare a fare…
To go/come do something
20. Sai nuotare?
Can you swim?
Sapere, saper fare, conoscere
To know, to be able to do
27. Ho poco tempo
I don’t have much time
Poco, un po’
Difference between “a bit” and “not much”
28. È davanti al parco
It’s opposite the park
Posizioni: davanti, dietro, sopra, sotto, sinistra, destra…
Adverbs of location
29. Il mio ragazzo
My boyfriend
Possessivi (mio, tuo, suo…)
Possessive adjectives and pronouns
30. Sto a casa
I stay at home
Stare, essere
Difference between “to stay” and “to be”
31. Non ho capito
I didn’t understand
Passato prossimo regolare
Past simple of regular verbs
32. Cosa hai detto?
What did you say?
Passato prossimo irregolare
Past simple of irregular verbs
33. Parli bene cinese?
Do you speak good Chinese?
Bene, male, buono, cattivo, bello, brutto, bravo
Adverbs vs. adjectives: well-good, badly-bad…
34. Non ci vado più
I don’t go there anymore
“Ci”
“There” as in “I go there”
35. Non ho ancora finito
I haven’t finished yet
Ancora, già, appena, sempre, mai
Adverbs of time: still, yet, again…
37. È proprio vero!
Very true!
Proprio
A typical Italian word meaning “just, exactly, right”
38. Sia i gatti, sia i cani
Both cats and dogs
Sia… sia…, né… né…
Both A and B, neither A nor B
47. Che musica ascolti?
What music do you listen to?
Che, quale
What vs. which
48. Allora non esci?
Then you’re not going out?
Allora, quindi
Then (logical consequence)
49. Insomma, cosa vuoi dire?
So, what do you mean?
Insomma
A typical Italian word vaguely similar to “all in all”
52. Non ho voluto chiedere
I didn’t want to ask
Participio passato di volere, potere, dovere
Simple past of want, can, must
53. Un biglietto apposta
A special ticket
Apposta
A typical Italian word meaning “on purpose, specifically, all the way”
55. Infatti non guido
That’s why I’m not driving
Infatti
A false friend of “in fact”, actually closer to “indeed, in reality”
56. Visiteremo il museo
We’ll visit the museum
Futuro regolare
Future simple of regular verbs
57. Pagherò domani
I’ll pay tomorrow
Futuro irregolare
Future simple of irregular verbs
58. Non potrò venire
I will not be able to come
Futuro di potere, volere e dovere
Future simple of can, want, must
59. Poi ho fatto la spesa
Then I bought groceries
Poi
Then (as in an ordered list)
60. Tra tre mesi
In 3 months
Espressioni di tempo: in, tra, fa
Time expressions: in, ago…
61. Li conosci?
Do you know them?
Lo, la, li, le
Direct pronouns, as in “I ate it”
62. Mi chiamo Pino
My name is Pino
Mi chiamo, mi lavo, mi sento…
Basic reflexive verbs
63. Dove mi porti?
Where will you take me?
Portare, prendere
To take/bring (someone somewhere), to pick up
67. Stasera usciamo?
Are we going out today?
Uscire, andare
To go out vs. to leave
68. È inutile discutere
It’s useless to discuss
Utile/inutile, contento/scontento…
Useful/useless, happy/unhappy…
69. Che ore saranno?
What time can it be?
Futuro per supposizioni
Future tense for making assumptions
71. Quanto ci metti?
How long does it take?
Ci metto
It takes me (1 hour), I spend
73. Bisogna prenotare
Do we need to make a reservation
Bisogna
Impersonal form of “you need to”
74. Scrivere correttamente
Be able to write correctly
Veloce/velocemente, serio/seriamente
Adverbs vs. adjectives: quick/quickly, serious/seriosly…
75. È facile, è facile da
Is easy, is easy to
Facile (da), difficile (da)…
Easy/difficult to do
76. Per il prezzo
For the price
Per
"For" as in “for the price, it’s not bad”
78. Hai mica una penna?
Do you happen to have a pen?
Mica
Do you happen to…? Do you fancy…?
79. Devo riscriverla
I have to write it again
Ri-
Do/redo, write/rewrite…
80. Sarà anche vero
It might be true
Futuro + anche
Future tense for making assumptions with emphasis
83. Dormivi?
Were you sleeping?
Imperfetto
Ongoing actions and habits in the past. Imperfect past, regular. As in “you were sleeping”
84. Facevo sempre colazione
I always had breakfast
Imperfetto irregolare
Imperfect past, irregular
91. Ti scrivo domani
I’ll write you tomorrow
Pronomi indiretti (mi, ti, gli…)
Indirect pronouns: “give it to me”
92. Non serve l’ombrello
There’s no need for an umbrella
Servire
A typical italian word meaning “it’s needed”
93. A cosa serve?
What’s the point of
Servire a
A typical italian word meaning “it’s needed for”
98. Ti va un gelato?
Do you want an ice cream?
Andare, avere voglia di
To feel like doing
99. Mi sa che hai ragione tu!
I guess you’re right!
Mi sa che
A colloquial way to say “i think/guess”
